Polymerase chain reaction-based detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded skin tissue specimens from Filipino patients

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 470-472

  Obieta, Maria Princesa P ^a   Obieta, Maria Yolanda P ^b   Monje, Virginia D ^a  

^a Skin and Cancer Foundation Inc   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FILIPINO; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUPUS VULGARIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULID;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PHILIPPINES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOSIS, CUTANEOUS;

EID: 77951979613     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2010.04189.x     Document Type: Article

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